How could a ‘Slumdog’ win so much?

That seems to be the question on the minds of a lot of people. I have heard people calling the movie “overrated”, saying that “Rehman has made better music”, “there weren’t enough nominees”, “would it have won the oscar if an Indian had done it” and questioning the “depiction of India”.

Honestly I am not normally bothered by opinions. I accept that its just another opinion and as important as mine and move on. But in this case I find the arguments ‘unconvincing'(I am putting it mildly to avoid insulting anyone). Now lets examine each of the arguments…

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Penned Magic…

The most ignored of the 3 indians that won the Oscar yesterday has to be Gulzar saab. Amoung all the celebration apparently a lot of people missed noticing that he had won the award for penning the lyrics of “Jai Ho!”, mostly because he did not pick up the award in person.

It turns out that one of my all time favorite songs is his favorite too :)

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The Lake House – Movie Review

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[rating:3.5/5]

The lake house is a beautiful romantic movie about the conversations between two residents of a Lake house. The plot circles around a lonely doctor who once occupied an unusual lakeside home and her exchange of love letters with its former resident, a frustrated architect. The protagonists must try to unravel the mystery behind their extraordinary romance before it’s too late.

A lot of people recommended the movie to me, but it somehow got lost in my to-watch list. When [info]yodha finished his review of this movie with “the movie’s a good watch for romantic fools”, I was like that sounds like me :P

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